What Kitchen Essentials Do You Need in Your Vacation Rental?
Summary
This article from Beyond Pricing outlines essential kitchen items to include in your short-term rental to improve guest satisfaction and boost reviews. It emphasizes the importance of a well-equipped kitchen as a key factor in attracting bookings and providing a home-like experience. Hosts should review their kitchen inventory to ensure it includes appliances, cookware, tableware, and cleaning supplies to meet guest expectations.
Key Insights
- •Airbnb itself highlights a functional kitchen as a must-have amenity.
- •A well-stocked kitchen can turn a 4-star review into a 5-star rave and keep your property booked solid.
Action Items
- ✓Include dish soap, sponge, and scrub brush, dishwasher detergent, trash bags, cleaning spray, paper towels, zip-top bags, foil, and plastic wrap, and leftover containers with lids.Effort: lowImpact: medium
- ✓Before each guest arrives, do a quick inventory check. Replace missing or broken items, sanitize all surfaces, and empty perishables.Effort: lowImpact: medium
- ✓Stock your rental with pots and pans, cutting boards, sharp knives, cooking utensils, measuring cups and spoons, mixing bowls, a colander, baking sheets, and oven-safe dishes.Effort: lowImpact: medium
- ✓Offer enough place settings for at least the number of guests your home sleeps — ideally more. And always keep backups.Effort: lowImpact: medium
- ✓Include pantry staples such as salt and pepper, olive oil, sugar, tea bags, and coffee grounds.Effort: lowImpact: medium
Tools & Resources
- →Beyond Pricing: Visit beyondpricing.com to learn how we can help with every aspect of your short-term rental success.
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